John Sickels

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John Sickels (born January 5, 1968) is an American baseball writer who specializes in

Biography

Sickels is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University (1990, BA in history and philosophy) and the University of Kansas (1993, MA in history). He resides in Kansas with his wife, Jeri. He has two sons, Nicholas and Jackson.

Sickels worked as research assistant to noted baseball writer

Sickels writes and edits the annual Baseball Prospect Book, which profiles roughly 1,000 players in baseball's minor leagues, and is only available directly from his personal website. The book is wildly popular, but some sold-out versions remain available in PDF format via Sickels' website.

He also penned a 2004 biography of baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller called Bob Feller: Ace of the Greatest Generation.

Other interests

Sickels has also written

External links

• John Sickels' personal website
• John Sickels' baseball blog
• John Sickels on Rotowire